Halifax is a new hotbed of research and innovation.
- One of the most cost-competitive research and development locations in the world.
- One of the largest concentrations of healthcare facilities and specialists in Canada.
- Over 2300 researchers receiving over $80 million in annual research grants.
- World-class teaching and research medical school (Dalhousie University).
- Home of the world-class Brain Repair Centre.
Today, in labs throughout Greater Halifax, thousands of researchers are conducting ground-breaking research with the power to revolutionize disease prevention and treatment, not to mention agriculture, fisheries and the environment.
Working with the Dalhousie Medical School, the Greater Halifax Partnership led the establishment of the Business Development Office to facilitate the commercialization of medical research. This resulted in the creation of four biotech companies and the attraction of over $11M in early stage venture capital.
A recent partnership between Dalhousie University, Capital Health and the IWK Health Centre has led to the creation of the Life Sciences Research Institute (LSRI) which will be housed in a five-storey facility in Halifax. LSRI will promote world-class life sciences research and the movement of research results toward commercial opportunities. Its first tenant will be the Brain Repair Centre.
The Brain Repair Centre (BRC) is a multidisciplinary collaboration linking more than 100 world-class researchers and physicians specializing in groundbreaking treatments and technologies in the field of brain repair. They range from surgeons who replace tissue in the human brain to recover lost capability, to scientists in the field of imaging, stem cell neurobiology, pharmacology, psychiatry, ophthalmology, neurology and cognitive neuroscience.
Brain Repair Centre research is dedicated to disorders such as Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimer's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis, serious mental illness, stroke, epilepsy, vision dysfunction, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, cancer and chronic pain.
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